Recent content by sconnie12

As the weather is warming up, I am getting ready to keep moving things forward. The eventual goal will be to wire in lights, and put in seats and storage compartments...i don't plan on decking because I'm concerned about the stability. The next two items will be painting above the water...

Hey Everyone, I had an old Alumacraft boat that I purchased when I was a teenager, and I sold after college because I wasn't using it and I needed the cash. Well, I've since regretted it and wanted to get a similar boat to what I used to have. I accomplished that and picked up this 1971...

Hi Everyone, I've followed a lot of builds on this site, and am doing a small restoration of a 14' Alumacraft right now. I do not plan to do anything too advanced with my project, but I do want to paint the boat. I'd like to paint above the water line blue, and below the water line a gray...

I had a 15' Alumacraft that I bought when I was 16 years old. To make a long story short, I sold it after restoring it because I was in need of the cash for a move that I made. I've regretted it ever since and wanted to find the same or similar model, and I think I've done that. Re-doing the...

Thanks for all of the feedback everyone, there is no leaking at all, I just need to address the inside somehow as I have painted the entire outside and haven't done anything on the inside yet. I'm planning on putting a deck in at the front, and I really don't want carpet, so I thought it might...

Well I tried searching the topic and I couldn't land any results...sorry

Has anyone done this on the inside of their tin, and are you happy with it? I need to do something with the inside of my boat, and I'm kind of tempted to explore this option. Just wondering if people have done it themsleves and have enjoyed the decision. I'm still trying to find a spray or...

I used a wire wheel for the bottom of my boat and it has been bare aluminum all summer and it has gotten wet from rain an the water numerous times and I have not seen any rust, I'm planning on giving it a coat of steelflex eventually, but I have not seen a single spec of rust.

It isn't on ebay now, I found it at Twin City Outboard, but I'm trying to decide if I should really put this much money into it, they want $250 for it, but whenever Mercury sold the part they only sold it for $132...so I don't know what to do.

darn thanks for the help but yeah the part # is 336-4516A2, and I don't see any of those matching that :|

Hey everyone, I am kind of freaking out because I cannot find a part for my motor. Last time I had my boat on the water it seemed like my motor had zero power. It is a 1980 mercury 9.8, so it never had a lot of power, but I could tell something was wrong. So I took it to the local marina...

Also, here is the picture of the trailer, it is in pretty good shape, but I just want to keep it that way...

Hey All, I have a question for those of you that have put herculiner and/or another type of bedliner on your trailers... When I bought my bought 5 or 6 years ago the trailer was extremely rusty so I sanded and grinded off the rust the best I could and then doused it in rustoleum. The outside...

My 14' 1972 Alumacraft...newly painted this year, but still want to steelflex the bottom and put seats in...but it fishes just fine as is!

Thanks for the input guys, it would be on the stern, and only used for trolling, I think I'll pass and look for something bigger...thanks!